Atteva albiguttata Zeller, 1873
 (formerly known as Oeta albiguttata)
ATTEVINAE,   YPONOMEUTIDAE,   YPONOMEUTOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of Nicholas John Fisher, Lismore, New South Wales)

This adult moth has dark orange forewings with white spots. The hindwings are yellow, shading to dark brown at the wingtips. Its wingspan is about 2.5 cms.


(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in:

  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.

    Further reading :

    Philipp C. Zeller,
    Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamerikanischen Nachtfälter, besonders der Microlepidopteren, Abtheilung 2,
    Verhandlungen der zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien,
    Band 23 (1873), p. 230.

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    (written 4 April 2019, updated 17 February 2026)